Pouf – there it is! The Bethenny Ever After star was big and beautiful in her crimson gown from her 1984 prom – and assures us that the dress most definitely stayed on. “I went with a friend who was interested in me. I was just interested in going to the prom,” she says of her Wheatley High prom on New York’s Long Island. “He didn’t get any that night, so I can sleep at night knowing [my daughter] Bryn can handle herself in the future.”

Courtesy Bethenny Frankel

TYRA BANKS

She isn’t “smizing,” but Tyra Banks still gives good face at her Immaculate Heart High School’s junior prom in 1990. “The strap broke on my dress, but I didn’t know it – hence the deep sexy V-showing cleavage,” the talk-show host reveals, adding that her dress was the only scandalous aspect of her low-key L.A. dance. “My date, Craig Taylor, and I went to a diner after the dance … He took me home right after, and it was before midnight. I remember how shocked my mom was that I came home so early.”

Courtesy Tyra Banks

SARAH HYLAND

In a glittering Vera Wang Lavender dress, the Modern Family star celebrated her somewhat spooky 2008 prom on Friday the 13th! “It was at some warehouse in N.Y.C. on the East Side,” says the Professional Performing Arts School alum, who posed with male pals, but went stag to her prom.

Courtesy Sarah Hyland

PAULA DEEN

“We had a small car wreck on the way, but I didn’t care if the car went off a cliff, because I was with Seaborn!” the chef says of her swoon-worthy date to her 1965 prom, Seaborn Curry. Deen, who attended Georgia’s Albany High School, admits of her teen self: “I never went anywhere without my big pink cans of Adorn hairspray!”

Courtesy Paula Deen

SNOOKI

In 2006, the Jersey Shore star traded her pouf for curls for “the best time of my life” – her Marlboro High prom in upstate N.Y.!

Courtesy Snooki

ELLEN DEGENERES

She was mad for plaid! In platforms and an empire-waist dress, the talk-show host and date Richard Reynolds embraced 1976 style for her Atlanta, Texas, prom.

Courtesy Ellen Degeneres

ALI FEDOTOWSKY

The Bachelorette was only a freshman in 1999, but she still scored a date to the senior prom at Mount Greylock Regional High School! While waiting for her escort to pick her up, she posed with her brother Mike at her family’s Williamstown, Mass., home.

Courtesy Ali Fedotowsky

JULIE BENZ

“I got my lacy black, mermaid-style dress in the big city (New York) and was rockin’ my big hair!” says the No Ordinary Family star of her 1990 prom at Franklin Regional H.S., near Pittsburgh, Pa. “This was my senior prom and I was feeling fancy!”

Courtesy Julie Benz

LISA LING

“This was my favorite dress ever!” gushed the reporter about the gown she wore to her 1990 Del Campo High School junior prom in Fair Oaks, Calif. “We thought we were so cool!” Ling says of herself and date Ren Bates, poking good-natured fun at “the cool orchid corsage and Ren’s multi-colored tie and cummerbund.”

Courtesy Lisa Ling

TORI SPELLING

Donna Martin graduates … and so does Tori Spelling! The Beverly Hills, 90210 star went to L.A.’s Harvard-Westlake School, attending prom with her first beau, Ryan Ozar. “I was so excited and was obsessed with Pretty Woman at the time. I remembering wanting a red dress like Julia Roberts in the movie,” says Spelling, adding, “Too bad I didn’t know about getting roots and eyebrows done back then. Ha ha!”

Courtesy Tori Spelling

CARRIE ANN INABA

“I waited two years to go to the prom with him,” the Dancing with the Stars judge said of her escort to her 1986 Punahou School prom in Honolulu. “I gave myself a haircut,” she admits, adding, “Perhaps I shouldn’t have cut my own hair for my dream prom date.”

Courtesy Carrie Ann Inaba

JONATHAN SADOWSKI

The $#*! My Dad Says star’s real-life parent, mom Marirose, is a lot more fun than his cantankerous onscreen pop! The actor took his mom to Chicago’s Mt. Carmel High’s annual mother-son dance in 1993. “My mother won the giant centerpiece from our table,” he says. “It barely fit in the car.”

Courtesy Jonathan Sadowski

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1 of 12Courtesy Bethenny Frankel

BETHENNY FRANKEL

Pouf – there it is! The Bethenny Ever After star was big and beautiful in her crimson gown from her 1984 prom – and assures us that the dress most definitely stayed on. “I went with a friend who was interested in me. I was just interested in going to the prom,” she says of her Wheatley High prom on New York’s Long Island. “He didn’t get any that night, so I can sleep at night knowing [my daughter] Bryn can handle herself in the future.”

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2 of 12Courtesy Tyra Banks

TYRA BANKS

She isn’t “smizing,” but Tyra Banks still gives good face at her Immaculate Heart High School’s junior prom in 1990. “The strap broke on my dress, but I didn’t know it – hence the deep sexy V-showing cleavage,” the talk-show host reveals, adding that her dress was the only scandalous aspect of her low-key L.A. dance. “My date, Craig Taylor, and I went to a diner after the dance … He took me home right after, and it was before midnight. I remember how shocked my mom was that I came home so early.”

3 of 12Courtesy Sarah Hyland

SARAH HYLAND

In a glittering Vera Wang Lavender dress, the Modern Family star celebrated her somewhat spooky 2008 prom on Friday the 13th! “It was at some warehouse in N.Y.C. on the East Side,” says the Professional Performing Arts School alum, who posed with male pals, but went stag to her prom.

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4 of 12Courtesy Paula Deen

PAULA DEEN

“We had a small car wreck on the way, but I didn’t care if the car went off a cliff, because I was with Seaborn!” the chef says of her swoon-worthy date to her 1965 prom, Seaborn Curry. Deen, who attended Georgia’s Albany High School, admits of her teen self: “I never went anywhere without my big pink cans of Adorn hairspray!”

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5 of 12Courtesy Snooki

SNOOKI

In 2006, the Jersey Shore star traded her pouf for curls for “the best time of my life” – her Marlboro High prom in upstate N.Y.!

Advertisement

6 of 12Courtesy Ellen Degeneres

ELLEN DEGENERES

She was mad for plaid! In platforms and an empire-waist dress, the talk-show host and date Richard Reynolds embraced 1976 style for her Atlanta, Texas, prom.

Advertisement

7 of 12Courtesy Ali Fedotowsky

ALI FEDOTOWSKY

The Bachelorette was only a freshman in 1999, but she still scored a date to the senior prom at Mount Greylock Regional High School! While waiting for her escort to pick her up, she posed with her brother Mike at her family’s Williamstown, Mass., home.

Advertisement

8 of 12Courtesy Julie Benz

JULIE BENZ

“I got my lacy black, mermaid-style dress in the big city (New York) and was rockin’ my big hair!” says the No Ordinary Family star of her 1990 prom at Franklin Regional H.S., near Pittsburgh, Pa. “This was my senior prom and I was feeling fancy!”

Advertisement

9 of 12Courtesy Lisa Ling

LISA LING

“This was my favorite dress ever!” gushed the reporter about the gown she wore to her 1990 Del Campo High School junior prom in Fair Oaks, Calif. “We thought we were so cool!” Ling says of herself and date Ren Bates, poking good-natured fun at “the cool orchid corsage and Ren’s multi-colored tie and cummerbund.”

Advertisement

10 of 12Courtesy Tori Spelling

TORI SPELLING

Donna Martin graduates … and so does Tori Spelling! The Beverly Hills, 90210 star went to L.A.’s Harvard-Westlake School, attending prom with her first beau, Ryan Ozar. “I was so excited and was obsessed with Pretty Woman at the time. I remembering wanting a red dress like Julia Roberts in the movie,” says Spelling, adding, “Too bad I didn’t know about getting roots and eyebrows done back then. Ha ha!”

Advertisement

11 of 12Courtesy Carrie Ann Inaba

CARRIE ANN INABA

“I waited two years to go to the prom with him,” the Dancing with the Stars judge said of her escort to her 1986 Punahou School prom in Honolulu. “I gave myself a haircut,” she admits, adding, “Perhaps I shouldn’t have cut my own hair for my dream prom date.”

Advertisement

12 of 12Courtesy Jonathan Sadowski

JONATHAN SADOWSKI

The $#*! My Dad Says star’s real-life parent, mom Marirose, is a lot more fun than his cantankerous onscreen pop! The actor took his mom to Chicago’s Mt. Carmel High’s annual mother-son dance in 1993. “My mother won the giant centerpiece from our table,” he says. “It barely fit in the car.”

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